Diverse Xinjiang

Xinjiang is China's largest provincial-level administrative region. Covering an area of 1.6 million square kilometers, there are eight countries along its 5,600-kilometer border. According to archaeological findings, human habitation began here in the Neolithic Age. Xinjiang was a main aspect of the Old Silk Road that traversed the region 2,000 years ago, and instrumental in linking the East and West. Migration from Central Asia and intermarriage brought about complex ethnic relationships culminating in the 13 ethnic groups that today inhabit this region of diverse culture and topography.     

Experiencing Xinjiang

正Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China is a unique place.In Chinese people’s eyes,Xinjiang is characterized by elegant minority ethnic dances,a rich variety of fruits and gorgeous natural scenery.However,in many foreigners’minds,the region is known for religious and ethnic disturbances.The difference of perceptions has re-     

Xinjiang A New Chapter

The past decade has seen big changes in Xinjiang,the Uygur autonomous region in northwest China where 58 percent of locals hail from ethnic minority groups.Kurbanjan Samat,Uygur native and well-known documentary maker,honored his own commitment to publishing a series of documentaries and accompanying books on the people of the region to battle the external bias against his hometown.     

Ethnic Culture Blossoms In Xinjiang

<正>Founded six decades ago,Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region is one of China’s five autonomous regions designated for ethnic minorities,inhabited by 47 ethnic groups including Han,Uygur,Kazak,Hui,Mongolian,Kirgiz,Uzbek and Russian populations.The region boasts a treasure trove of ethnic cultures.People of all ethnic groups are able to uphold their cultural practices and live together in harmony.In ancient times,Xinjiang was one of the hubs connecting the West and the East,with the famed Silk Road passing through it.It’s geographic location which has made Xinjiang so accommodating of a diverse range of traditions.In early 2003,China launched a program to protect and preserve ethnic cultures and folkways.At various levels of government,a lot of work has since been done to protect the traditions and cul-     

DEVELOPMETN AND PROGRESS IN XINJIANG（Part three）

Ⅴ. Upholding Ethnic Equality and Unity
The Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region is multiethnic region. According to the fifth national census in 2000, it is home to 55 ethnic groups including the Uyghur, Han and Kazak. In 2008, it had a population of 21.308 million, 12.945 million of whom were of ethnicities other than the Han, representing 60.8% of the total. In 2007, three ethnic groups in the region had a population over one million each. They were the Uyghur with a population of 9.651 million, the Han, 8.239 million, and the Kazak,     

Help for Xinjiang or A Knockout Blow?

Born and growing up in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, I felt a sense of unfairness between the Han people like me and the ethnic minority groups living there. Many of my classmates from the ethnic minorities had at least one sibling, but most of the Hans didn't. Though the one-child policy prevailed at that time, the ethnic minorities were exempted.     

THE CHARM OF VARIETY

<正>Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China has long been home to a multiethnic population.In history,Xinjiang was a major gateway connecting the East and the West in addition to being an important trade hub between Europe and Asia.For centuries,people of different ethnic groups left their footprint in this vast region.The interplay between these diverse cultures,along with the overlap and influence of many religions,has shaped Xinjiang’s unique local culture.These photos were taken by China Today magazine’s photographer Yu Xiangjun during a recent trip to the region.     

Uygur and Han Students Unite against Mobs

When Han rioters came crashing through the gates of the Xinjiang Medical University （XMU） in the region＇s capital, students and teachers from the same ethnic group formed a wall to protect their Uygur fellows from the mob.     

PEARL OF THE SILK ROAD

<正>With its well-preserved ethnic culture,Xinjiang,the most western region in China,is drawing the eyes of the world Many visitors to Kashgar,the westernmost city in northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,may well be lured by a widespread saying that"you’ll not know the true face of Xinjiang if you don’t go to Kashgar."With Uygur people accounting for around 90 percent of its population,the oasis city west of the Taklamakan Desert is called a living museum of Uygur culture owing to its preservation of ethnic lifestyles amid modern trappings.     

Scenes From Xinjiang

A group of photographers made an art odyssey to Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region last year, exploring its natural beauty and the colorful lives of the people there.Fifty-six ethnic groups, including Uygur, Han and Kazak, live in Xinjiang, making it one of the regions with the most ethnic groups in China.     

Two Conjuring Rain Cultures： One in Altai,One in Taiwan

Amagic Jada stone is an extremely rare calculus,or abnormal calcification,found only in one among ten thousand horse skulls. In days of old, Jadas were used to conjure up rain by ethnic peoples living in Altai, in Xinjiang, a region of northwest China To his surprise, the author found that the Pingpu people of Taiwan have a similar “conjuring rain culture.” In addition, other cultural relics show similarities between the two places. Such a coincidence leads to the author to speculate - could there be an ancient blood relationship between the inhabitants of Xinjiang in northwest China and Taiwan in southeast China-two communities separated by such a vast distance？     

A RENEWED GATEWAY TO THE WORLD

正Xinjiang raises the stakes in overland cargo transportation Xinjiang, an autonomous region in northwest China, is home to vast deserts and mountains and many ethnic minority groups. The ancient Silk Road trade route linking China and the Middle East once passed through Xinjiang, and its legacy can still be seen everywhere.     

The Progress and Deuelopment of Xinjiang Is a Successful Practice of Chinese Ethnic Policies

The White Paper on the Development and Progress of Xinjiang was issued on September 21, 2009. The Paper states that the development and progress of Xinjiang is an achievement by joint efforts of Xinjiang people of different nationalities with the ultimate aim of unity, and is also a successful practice of Chinese ethnic policies.     

小小学习班 发挥大作用——新疆来京务工维吾尔族基层群众语言文化政策学习班侧记（英文）

正Xinjiang nut cakes,mutton kebabs,Nan-bread,migrant population,vulnerable groups all used to be labels for a special community in Beijing—Uyghur migrant workers from Xinjiang.Under the guidance of President Xi,enhancing exchange among different nationalities and strengthening national unity means urban ethnic work needs to ensure that cities better accommodate ethnic minority groups and that they,in turn,better fit into urban life.Recently a training class where Uyghur grassroots migrant workers     

A Crucial Stage

正Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwest China, a provincial-level administrative region, has the largest land area in China, accounting for nearly one sixth of the country's territory. Home to 47 ethnic groups, it had a permanent population of 25.23 million by the end of 2019.Going back to 2013, Xinjiang had 3.2 million indigent people. Most of the people still living in poverty are the old     

Discovering the Secrets Bama Guangxi

The International Association of Natural Medicine （IANM） announced in Tokyo in November 1991 that Bama in Guangxi had become the fifth place of longevity following the Caucasus region of the former Soviet Union, Hunza in Pakistan, Vilcabamba in Ecuador and Xinjiang in China.     

Figure Paintings by Liu Yizhong：An Expression of Ink-painting Western China

Hui painter and resident of Hami, Xinjiang, Liu Yizhong＇s figure paintings abound with an expressive blend of bold and gentle lines and a collage of colors, which capture the spirit of diversity and tolerance uniting his region＇s ethnic mix.     

Eden in the Xinjiang Mountains

Nature's greatest splendors are often secreted in the remotest of spots. This is certainly true of Kanas Lake, deep in the Altay Mountains of northern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region. This area of sublime, and as yet unsullied, natural beauty is home to 2,000 people of the Tuwa ethnic minority. The ancestry of these herder-hunters is unclear. Certain anthropologists believe that they are descended from Genghis Khan's "Mongol hordes" that swept through on their 13th century rampage of Central Asia and Europe. Others argue that they are the posterity of Siberian migrants, and cousins to the Tuvan people of Russia.     

Manas： the Bible of the Kirghiz

Manas is the heroic epic of the Kirghiz, a minority ethnic group living mainly in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in northwestern China. It is said that Manas is not the achievement of poetic inspiration, but rather a gift from the gods, and that singers of the epic suddenly were able to recite millions of lines of it on awaking from a dream. Such claims are often questioned by outsiders, yet the Kirghiz, passionate fans of Manas. do not doubt their truth.     

Far Out,Way In

Minority students from remote places in Xinjiang flock to more developed regions for a short at better education In the vast and sparsely populated Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region in China’s northwest more than half of the residents are members of minority ethnic groups with native languages other than Mandarin Chinese. Education is complicated by the region’s linguistic, geographic and socioeconomic conditions. "In my hometown,educational resources are scarce and dropout rates are very high," said Merhaba,a 13-year-old Uygur girl from Kashgar Prefecture."Almost all my cousins dropped out after middle school or even primary school. My brother and I are the only ones to go out of Kashgar for education." Merhaba is a student at No.66 Middle School in Urumqi,the capital city of Xinjiang.Her exam scores earned her admission to the elite